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Pvt Bert Ransom “Rex” Baker

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Pvt Bert Ransom “Rex” Baker

Birth
Phillips County, Kansas, USA
Death
25 Jun 1937 (aged 60)
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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RETIRED CARPENTER IS DEAD
BERT BAKER, 61, WAS SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN
Bert Baker, 61, retired carpenter of Lincoln, died Thursday at Fayetteville, Arkansas, while visiting relatives there. He was a Spanish American War Veteran and had lived in and near Lincoln for many years. Surviving are his wife, Jennie; three sons, Floyd of Lincoln, Donald of Nodaway, Iowa, and Elmer of Grand Ronde, Oregon; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Bond of Lincoln and Mrs. Ella Sutter of Grand Roads; five brothers, James D., Albert L. Thomas R., and Samuel, all of Lincoln and Ben of Nodaway, and a sister, Mrs. Lula Underwood of Bedford, Iowa. The body will be brought to Lincoln Sunday for burial.
The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sunday, June 27, 1937, page 4
Baker - Funeral services for Bert Baker will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Umbergers, Rev. Allen Williams of Omaha in charge. Spanish War Veterans in charge of the grave.
Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Tuesday, June 29, 1937, page 11
A Spanish American War veteran who served with Co. B of the 51st IA Infantry.

Ben Baker received a message Saturday informing I’m that his brother, Bert Ranson Baker of Calico Rock, Arkansas, died that day in a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His body was taken to his old home in Lincoln, Nebraska, and burial services were held in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Lula Underwood and Donald left Wednesday morning for Lincoln to attend the funeral.
Villisca Review, Friday, July 2, 1937, page 2
RETIRED CARPENTER IS DEAD
BERT BAKER, 61, WAS SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN
Bert Baker, 61, retired carpenter of Lincoln, died Thursday at Fayetteville, Arkansas, while visiting relatives there. He was a Spanish American War Veteran and had lived in and near Lincoln for many years. Surviving are his wife, Jennie; three sons, Floyd of Lincoln, Donald of Nodaway, Iowa, and Elmer of Grand Ronde, Oregon; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Bond of Lincoln and Mrs. Ella Sutter of Grand Roads; five brothers, James D., Albert L. Thomas R., and Samuel, all of Lincoln and Ben of Nodaway, and a sister, Mrs. Lula Underwood of Bedford, Iowa. The body will be brought to Lincoln Sunday for burial.
The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sunday, June 27, 1937, page 4
Baker - Funeral services for Bert Baker will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Umbergers, Rev. Allen Williams of Omaha in charge. Spanish War Veterans in charge of the grave.
Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Tuesday, June 29, 1937, page 11
A Spanish American War veteran who served with Co. B of the 51st IA Infantry.

Ben Baker received a message Saturday informing I’m that his brother, Bert Ranson Baker of Calico Rock, Arkansas, died that day in a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His body was taken to his old home in Lincoln, Nebraska, and burial services were held in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Lula Underwood and Donald left Wednesday morning for Lincoln to attend the funeral.
Villisca Review, Friday, July 2, 1937, page 2

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SP. AM. WAR

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